新年快乐
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Argentina 阿根廷 Wear brand-new pink underwear to attract love。 穿上崭新的粉红色内衣来吸引异性。 阿根廷
At exactly 12:00, step forward with your right foot to start the year off with…YOUR RIGHT FOOT! 在凌晨12点整时,用右脚迈出第一步,开始一年新征程……记得是用你的右脚! 澳大利亚
Australia 澳大利亚 Walk through the streets banging loudly on pots and pans at midnight。 午夜时分,走在大街上大声敲打锅碗瓢盆。 巴西
Brazil 巴西 Wear white to scare away bad spirits。 穿上白色的衣物来吓走妖魔鬼怪。 巴西
Jump 7 waves for good luck. One for each day of the week。 跳过七条浪求好运。每跳一下代表一周中的一天。 巴西
Give some gifts to Goddess Iemanja. She’s the goddess of water, and she loves gifts, especially flowers. So throw some into the ocean — if they come back, it means she didn’t accept them. Don’t worry, you can try again next New Year’s Eve。 为女神雅玛佳(lemanja)赠送礼物。雅玛佳是水之女神,她喜欢收礼物,特别是花。因此丢一些礼物到海里面吧,如果这些礼物漂回来了,那就意味着女神没有接受它们。但是别担心,你可以在来年的新年前夕再尝试一下。 英国
Britain 英国 Watch Jools Holland’s Hootenanny, even though it’s awful and everyone hates it。 欣赏霍兰德秀的乡村音乐(Jools Holland’s Hootenanny),虽然它很难听且每个人都很讨厌听。 智利
Chile 智利 Eat a spoonful of lentils at midnight for a year filled with work and money。 在午夜时分吃一勺扁豆,这代表着来年工作满满,财源滚滚。 智利
Sweep your house inside out to remove bad energy。 里里外外地清扫房屋,赶走坏能量。 哥伦比亚
Colombia 哥伦比亚 Walk around your block with an empty suitcase for a year full of travel! 带着一只空箱子在街区四周走走,以求来年能四处旅行! 厄瓜多尔
Ecuador 厄瓜多尔 Make a doll (more like an effigy) to burn to signify the burning away of the old year and the welcoming of the new one。 做个娃娃(一个更像雕像的娃娃),然后烧掉,寓意烧掉旧岁,迎接崭新的一年。 萨尔瓦多
El Salvador 萨尔瓦多 Crack an egg in a glass at midnight and leave it on the window sill over night. What ever figure it has made in the morning, that’s what your fortune will bring next year。 在午夜,将鸡蛋打到玻璃碗中,然后将它放在窗台边过夜。第二天一早鸡蛋所呈现形状象征着来年你的运气所能为你带来的东西。 芬兰
Finland 芬兰 You tell your fortune by throwing melted metal into cold water。 将熔化的金属放入冷水中凝固来预测你新年的运势。 危地马拉
Guatemala 危地马拉 At 12 am on New Years day you grab 12 pennies and then go outside your house and you throw the pennies behind you while you face the opposite of the street。 在新年当天正午12点,抓取12便士,走到屋子前,身子背对着大街将钱往后面抛。 荷兰
Netherlands 荷兰 Eat Oliebollen, which are like big oily balls of dough, deep fat fried and covered in icing sugar。 吃油糖饼,这个饼像一个大油球,用面团做成的,然后用猪油深炸,再撒上一些糖霜。 菲律宾
Philippines 菲律宾 Turn on all the lights in the house on NYE to ward off evil spirits。 在新年前夕,将房屋内的所有灯都打开,以此来辟邪。 菲律宾
Open all the doors, cabinets and windows and then run around shutting them after it hit midnight。 将所有的门,橱柜和窗户都打开,然后到了午夜12点迅速将它们都关上。 波多黎各
Puerto Rico 波多黎各 Fill pots and pans with water and throw the water out the front door once the clock strikes midnight。 将锅碗瓢盆装满水,然后在午夜钟声敲响之时,将水泼出前门。 俄罗斯
Russia 俄罗斯 Write down a wish on a piece of paper, burn it, throw it into a champagne glass, and drink it before 12:01. 在纸条上写下一个愿望,然后烧掉,再把灰烬扔进香槟酒杯中,在12:01之前将它一饮而尽。 苏格兰
Scotland 苏格兰 Immediately after the bells, the first-footing begins, which means being the first person across a friend’s or neighbor’s threshold。 新年钟声一响起,大家开始互相串门。新年第一个访客(first-footing)意思是第一个到朋友或者邻居家串门的人。 The first-foot usually brings several gifts, including perhaps a coin, bread, salt, coal, or a whisky, which respectively represent financial prosperity, food, flavor, warmth, and good cheer。 第一个访客往往要携带一些礼物上门,包括像一枚硬币、面包、盐、煤炭、或者一瓶威士忌,它们各自代表着财富、食物、情趣、温暖以及喜悦。 西班牙
Spain 西班牙 You must eat a grape with each bell strike at midnight for prosperity。 新年钟声要敲12下,每敲一次,就要吃一颗葡萄,以此来祈求兴旺发达。 土耳其
Turkey 土耳其 Get pomegranates and throw them from our balcony to the street below。 将一个石榴从阳台扔到大街上。 委内瑞拉
委内瑞拉 Wear yellow underwear for “good luck”。 穿上黄色内衣以求好运气。
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